Rick Knowlton, local chess coach, has a great website that shows all kinds of chess sets, describes the history of chess, and has all kinds of neat chess sets for sale. His site is www.ancientchess.com. Here's a direct link to the history of chess, with cool pictures of old chess sets: http://www.ancientchess.com/page/01.htm Did you know the piece we now call the bishop was originally an elephant? Did you know the queen wasn't always such a powerful piece? Did you know that they used to play chess on a board with 8 x 12 squares?!